Stations At TX5K we installed 10 fully equipped HF stations in two camps located about 300m apart from each other. Each station contained following components: - Elecraft K3 transceviver - OM 2500, OM 2000 or ACOM 1000 amplifier - Notebook computer (Windows XP) - microHAM MK2 transceiver interface - WinTest logging software ![]() The stations [Click on pictures to enlarge] Antennas ******** Except on 160m and 80m we had two antennas for each band. CAMP A (SSB and RTTY) --------------------- 40m 4-square 30m 4-square 20m 4 ele vertical dipole array 17m 4 ele vertical dipole array 15m 4 ele vertical dipole array 12m 4 ele vertical dipole array 10m 4 ele vertical dipole array CAMP B (CW) ----------- 160m 27m high vertical (Titanex V160E) 80m 4-square 40m 4-square 30m 4 ele vertical dipole array 20m 4 ele vertical dipole array 17m 4 ele vertical dipole array 15m 4 ele vertical dipole array 12m 4 ele vertical dipole array 10m 4 ele vertical dipole array Beverage antenna 30°/210° for receiving on low bands ![]() 80m 4-square ![]() 40m 4-square ![]() 4 ele vertical dipole array ![]() Beverage with direction 30°/210° Each camp had an antenna patch panel where coax and control lines of each antenna were available for each station. ![]() Antenna patch panel
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